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Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (9 children)

YES! The one main hurdle I've found (and the constant "share your contacts??" prompting). Good luck to them!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Because my contacts are none of their business, and it's fucking disgusting to even ask without the user going way out of their way to initiate it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    There isn't a single service on the planet who I would trust to allow their app to see my contacts.

    The app asking for the permission is not acceptable. The permission should not exist at all. Both mobile OS should only be permitting users to explicitly import contacts that they choose, with literally no way for any app to see the master list in any context.

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